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Frontmatter i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
CONTENTS vii
Introduction 1
Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter 9
Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato 65
Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus 125
Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus 179
Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? 211
Abbreviations 218
Notes 219
Selected Bibliography 271
Index 275

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
CONTENTS vii
Introduction 1
Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter 9
Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato 65
Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus 125
Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus 179
Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? 211
Abbreviations 218
Notes 219
Selected Bibliography 271
Index 275

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